Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Henry Hudson (died about 1611), an English navigator in the English and Dutch service, discoverer of Hudson river, strait, and bay.
- In zoology and botany, pertaining to Hudson's Bay, or to the fauna or flora of that region: applied to numerous animals, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Hudson Bay.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Hudson River.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The intertidal mudflats and coastal lagoons are important staging sites for migratory shorebirds, including red knot Calidris canutus, white-rumped sandpiper C. fuscicollis and Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica.
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Hudsonian, featuring geography, history and people of the Hudson River Valley, one of the most beautiful areas I know, and a beautiful Web site. posted by liz at
Archive 2003-09-01 liz donovan 2003
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Hudsonian, featuring geography, history and people of the Hudson River Valley, one of the most beautiful areas I know, and a beautiful Web site. posted by liz at
Behind the News: September 2003 liz donovan 2003
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Boreal: from or belonging to the north: is that faunal region that extends from the polar sea southward to near the northern boundary of the United States and farther south occupies a narrow strip along the Pacific Coast and the higher parts of the Sierra-Cascade, Rocky and Alleghany Mountain ranges; divided into Arctic, Hudsonian and
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Hudsonian zone: is that part of the boreal region comprising the northern part of the great transcontinental coniferous forests.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Hudson, my lifelong friend, whom he knew very well, and whose books he admired very much for their style, was always known as "The Hudsonian," and I was referred to by a similarly formed name.
The Private Life of Henry Maitland Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942 1912
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Frequently now we heard the toy-trumpeting and the clack of the Pileated Woodpecker or Cock-of-the-Pines, a Canadian rather than a Hudsonian species.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The edge of the timber is the dividing line between the Hudsonian and the Arctic zones, It is the beginning of the country we had come to see; we were now in the land of the Caribou.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Rocky Mountain National Park lie in the austral zone of our middle and eastern states; its splendid east-side plateau and inter-mountain valleys represent the luxuriance of the Canadian zone; its mountains pass rapidly up in a few thousand feet through the Hudsonian zone, including timber-line at about 11,500 feet; and its highest summits carry only the mosses, lichens, stunted grasses, and tiny alpine flowerets of the Arctic Zone.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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In all the woods of the Hudsonian Zone we found it evidently at home.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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